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Outstanding women awarded
First ever W.O.W ceremony
held to honor the incredible
efforts at Weber State
By Thomas Alberts
sr. news reporter I The Signpost
As Weber State University President Ann
Millner honored the recipients of the annual
WOW Awards, WSU Student Association
President Victoria Thompson gave Millner
her own WOW. The WOW Awards were the
brainchild of the WSU Women's Center, which
wanted to highlight the success of women
who usually work behind the scenes. Friends
and colleagues of these WSU women were
encouraged to nominate women who they
recognized as successful members of WSU.
Carol Merril, Director of the Women's
Center, wanted to highlight the success of
PHOTO BY SHAYLYNNE CLARK | THE SIGNPOST
Student-body President Victoria Thompson gives an award to outstanding women at WSU.
women who aren't always seen doing what
they do, while encouraging friends and
colleagues to recognize the success of women
they knew who worked without always being
acknowledged for their triumphs.
"We see women who are successful behind
the scenes and they don't always get
acknowledged for what they do, so we
wanted to make sure that we put into place
some way of acknowledging those women
who are sometimes in the background,"
See W.O.W page 5
PHOTOS BY CHAZALEH JAZI | THE SIGNPOST
Weber State University's club, the African Drum Society, jammed-out in the Student Union Atrium as part of the Diversity Center's
Sessions on the Ledge Tuesday afternoon. The club says it wants to let the campus experience the aesthetics of African music.
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Three random students will have the chance to battle
against Ken Jennings in the upcoming convocations
By Corie Sue Holmes
3BP asst. news editor I The Signpost
GRAPHICS BY HAEDEN HAMBLIN| THE SIGNPOST
Weber State University's
convocation series will present
the Jeopardy star Ken Jennings.
Jennings will be coming on April
13. Every Wednesday leading up
to that day, there will be Jeopardy
contests for students. The
winners of these mini contests
will have the opportunity to battle
the Jeopardy star.
The convocations committee
has been experimenting with
the way they have presented
their speakers. Joseph Simmons,
more commonly known as Rev
Run, was the conventional type
of speaker they have always tried
to bring in, but the way they set
him up, in talk-show form, was
an informal forum and unique
to WSU convocations. Students
responded well to this change.
"We haven't necessarily
See Jeopardy page 5
Tobacco
Intiative
tabled
once more
Student senate
can't decide yet
on proposed
policy at WSU
By Brian Giles
sr. news reporter I The Signpost
The smoke free campus
initiative bill was tabled at the
student senate meeting, this
Monday, after the senate decided
they needed more information
before deciding whether or not tc
pass the bill.
"It's going to create awareness
of the smoking laws that we have,':
said the Business and Economics
student senator, Joseph Jones,
"I think if those laws were jusl
enforced, there would be a lot less
conflicts about smoking and thai
we necessarily wouldn't even have
to go smoke free. The problem
would fix itself."
The senate heard arguments
for and against the bill from those
in attendance. One solution
presented is to create designated
smoking areas around campus,
However, traditional-student
Senator Connor Sahleen argued
that past research has shown thai
designated smoking areas doril
always work.
"If we're going to have these
designated areas and it's not going
to work," Sahleen said, "why
spend the money to construct
these areas?"
Asian/Pacific Islander
student Senator, Daniel Pittman,
however, said he felt that smokers
and nonsmokers alike don't
understand the boundaries ol
where people can and can't smoke
and that that is the real problem.
"What we could do is draw a
line, basically indicating what is
25-feet-outside the entrance,''
he said. "We would put the ash
tray outside 25 feet and make it
immovable easily."
Other senators said the}
disagreed, and felt that having
a 25-foot boundary wouldn't
guarantee that smokers would
use it.
Alexa Eaton, a concerned
student in attendance at the
meeting, argued that the new
initiative doesn't take intc
account the views of smokers
who would be directly affected
if the resolution passes.
"It could have serious
ramifications on people's ability
to work," Eaton said.
Eaton said she believes
that people smoking close
to a building would be more
problematic than if they could
smoke out in the open. She
also pointed out that quitting
smoking is difficult and
expensive.
"Cigarettes are harder to quit
than Cocaine," she said. "When
you're telling people — especially
See Tabled page 5

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The history of
April's Fools Day
...page 3
/ r
Softball rajjK'
outcan^ef-ffirst
^ AT A GLANCE 2
iomeqame editorial 3
J FEATURES 4
... page 6 sports 6
CLASSIFIEDS 9
****-»*
iiSIci
faTa^_R_^i_sTTTTTTTa^TTI
t J \
WWW.WSUSIGNPOST.COM
Outstanding women awarded
First ever W.O.W ceremony
held to honor the incredible
efforts at Weber State
By Thomas Alberts
sr. news reporter I The Signpost
As Weber State University President Ann
Millner honored the recipients of the annual
WOW Awards, WSU Student Association
President Victoria Thompson gave Millner
her own WOW. The WOW Awards were the
brainchild of the WSU Women's Center, which
wanted to highlight the success of women
who usually work behind the scenes. Friends
and colleagues of these WSU women were
encouraged to nominate women who they
recognized as successful members of WSU.
Carol Merril, Director of the Women's
Center, wanted to highlight the success of
PHOTO BY SHAYLYNNE CLARK | THE SIGNPOST
Student-body President Victoria Thompson gives an award to outstanding women at WSU.
women who aren't always seen doing what
they do, while encouraging friends and
colleagues to recognize the success of women
they knew who worked without always being
acknowledged for their triumphs.
"We see women who are successful behind
the scenes and they don't always get
acknowledged for what they do, so we
wanted to make sure that we put into place
some way of acknowledging those women
who are sometimes in the background,"
See W.O.W page 5
PHOTOS BY CHAZALEH JAZI | THE SIGNPOST
Weber State University's club, the African Drum Society, jammed-out in the Student Union Atrium as part of the Diversity Center's
Sessions on the Ledge Tuesday afternoon. The club says it wants to let the campus experience the aesthetics of African music.
Q_
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Three random students will have the chance to battle
against Ken Jennings in the upcoming convocations
By Corie Sue Holmes
3BP asst. news editor I The Signpost
GRAPHICS BY HAEDEN HAMBLIN| THE SIGNPOST
Weber State University's
convocation series will present
the Jeopardy star Ken Jennings.
Jennings will be coming on April
13. Every Wednesday leading up
to that day, there will be Jeopardy
contests for students. The
winners of these mini contests
will have the opportunity to battle
the Jeopardy star.
The convocations committee
has been experimenting with
the way they have presented
their speakers. Joseph Simmons,
more commonly known as Rev
Run, was the conventional type
of speaker they have always tried
to bring in, but the way they set
him up, in talk-show form, was
an informal forum and unique
to WSU convocations. Students
responded well to this change.
"We haven't necessarily
See Jeopardy page 5
Tobacco
Intiative
tabled
once more
Student senate
can't decide yet
on proposed
policy at WSU
By Brian Giles
sr. news reporter I The Signpost
The smoke free campus
initiative bill was tabled at the
student senate meeting, this
Monday, after the senate decided
they needed more information
before deciding whether or not tc
pass the bill.
"It's going to create awareness
of the smoking laws that we have,':
said the Business and Economics
student senator, Joseph Jones,
"I think if those laws were jusl
enforced, there would be a lot less
conflicts about smoking and thai
we necessarily wouldn't even have
to go smoke free. The problem
would fix itself."
The senate heard arguments
for and against the bill from those
in attendance. One solution
presented is to create designated
smoking areas around campus,
However, traditional-student
Senator Connor Sahleen argued
that past research has shown thai
designated smoking areas doril
always work.
"If we're going to have these
designated areas and it's not going
to work," Sahleen said, "why
spend the money to construct
these areas?"
Asian/Pacific Islander
student Senator, Daniel Pittman,
however, said he felt that smokers
and nonsmokers alike don't
understand the boundaries ol
where people can and can't smoke
and that that is the real problem.
"What we could do is draw a
line, basically indicating what is
25-feet-outside the entrance,''
he said. "We would put the ash
tray outside 25 feet and make it
immovable easily."
Other senators said the}
disagreed, and felt that having
a 25-foot boundary wouldn't
guarantee that smokers would
use it.
Alexa Eaton, a concerned
student in attendance at the
meeting, argued that the new
initiative doesn't take intc
account the views of smokers
who would be directly affected
if the resolution passes.
"It could have serious
ramifications on people's ability
to work," Eaton said.
Eaton said she believes
that people smoking close
to a building would be more
problematic than if they could
smoke out in the open. She
also pointed out that quitting
smoking is difficult and
expensive.
"Cigarettes are harder to quit
than Cocaine," she said. "When
you're telling people — especially
See Tabled page 5